Saturday’s scene: Wait for me

Isn’t this baby elephant a cutie? “Wait for me, Mom” the baby elephant seems to say, rushing to follow her across a dusty road in South Africa.

On a photo safari in Madikwe Game Reserve , our Range Rover came across a herd of elephants. Guide, Jaco, stopped the vehicle with plenty of distance between us and the elephants lumbering in a long line across the road. If you think elephants look huge in a photo, you should see them in person! Alan and I appreciated the respect—and distance— Jaco gave the elephants. According to Jaco, (did you see our post about the bug man?), you don’t want to be charged by one, especially a mother protecting her baby elephant.

Jaco turned off the Range Rover’s engine. Alan and I took photo after photo as we waited for the elephants to walk on by. Waiting and photographing—the motto of a safari.

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